Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the police service responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England. GMP are the third largest police service in the United Kingdom after the Metropolitan Police Service and West Midlands Police.
In total, Greater Manchester Police employs; 8,232 police officers, 332 Volunteer Special Constables, 782 Police Community Support Officers, and 4,068 members of police staff. The GMP headquarters are at Central Park, on Northampton Road, in the Newton Heath area of Manchester.
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